Dance of the Kangaroos

MD Mbutoh

Description

Dance of the Kangaroos (The Riot shall not be Televised) is a collection of 42 poems on the socio-political and economic realities of a people polarised by bitter colonial experiences. Through the use of metaphor and other literary devices, closely knitted by an apprehensive sense of a first witness, the poems highlight experiences of oppression, marginalization, social justice and human rights abuse. Dance of the Kangaroos takes the reader on a journey that unveils the realities and challenges of postcolonial African society. It is one where the superior class have taken up the colonial whip and induced their subordinates to re-stage a colonial parody under indigénat, a policy used by the French in colonial Africa. Mbutoh draws on words and expressions from his African background and his knowledge of his people’s colonial experiences to make each poem unique.

Sujets

• Art poétique

Informations

• Publié par: Jude
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781942876229
• Langue: English

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Dance of the Kangaroos

P R A ï S E F O R D A N C E O F T H E K A N G A R O O S

"Mbutoh has an ear for music. The poems inDance of the Kangaroosare not only courageous, they are melodic, intense, ruminative, and adventurous. Ev- ery reader can be assured that one reading of these beautifully written poems will not just be enough.” −Okwudili Nebeolisa,Nigerian Poet Laureate

“Dance of the Kangaroosexposes the autocratic oppression and subjugation of his unnamed people, and by extension all minority people in the hands of brutal regimes everywhere on earth, in poetic vehemence and elegance...” −Nsah Mala,author of Bites of Insanity and Constimocrazy

Dance of the Kangaroos

The Riot shall not be Televised

MD Mbutoh

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To all the minority groups and ethnicities around the world whose voices have been submerged by farrights movements, hatred, racism, dictatorial regimes, war, and terrorism. “Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious and full of compassion, and righteous.” —Psalms 112:4

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Valley to Ngola

he Riot sall not be Televised II

Incestuous Drama

Sould I, or Not

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